<div><div class="gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><p class="MsoNormal gmail_msg"><span class="gmail_msg" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,serif">Good news continues to come for those of us who use LiPo batteries. </span><u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><span class="gmail_msg" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:'Segoe UI',sans-serif;color:rgb(22,29,39);background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial">A team from the University of Texas, led by 94-year-old John Goodenough has developed what is being called an </span><a href="http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2017/EE/C6EE02888H#!divAbstract" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank"><span class="gmail_msg" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:'Segoe UI',sans-serif;color:rgb(18,86,183);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">"all-solid-state"</span></a><span class="gmail_msg" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:'Segoe UI',sans-serif;color:rgb(22,29,39);background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"> lithium-ion battery cell. Batteries constructed using the new technology are noncombustible, have a long cycle life, and boast much faster rates of charge and discharge.</span><u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></p><div class="gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><p class="MsoNormal gmail_msg"><u class="gmail_msg"></u> <u class="gmail_msg"></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal gmail_msg" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"><a href="https://news.utexas.edu/2017/02/28/goodenough-introduces-new-battery-technology" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">https://news.utexas.edu/2017/02/28/goodenough-introduces-new-battery-technology</a></p></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Vicente "Vince" Bortone</div>